Archaeologists from the Jahangirnagar University, Dhaka, have uncovered another historical site in North-West Bangladesh. They have unearthed a 1,000-year-old Vishnu temple at Madhabgaon village in the northern district of Dinajpur.The team of archa

Archaeologists from the Jahangirnagar University, Dhaka, have uncovered another historical site in North-West Bangladesh.

They have unearthed a 1,000-year-old Vishnu temple at Madhabgaon village in the northern district of Dinajpur.

The team of archaeologists led by Prof. Swadhin Sen, the director of the department of archaeology, included Prof Syed Mohammed Kamrul Ahsan, Prof Seema Hoque and Sabekunnaher Sithi.

Here are some points you need to know:

The temple was built following the unique 'nava ratha' architecture technique

The archaeologists have found a seven-metre high brick structure and a 144-sq-metre solidly built platform with a square cell at the centre

The cell is supposed to be a sanctum where idols were worshipped

The outer walls of the temple has nine ratha (chariot) projections, which indicates towards the nava ratha technique of architecture

The temple is thought to be constructed between the 10th and the 11th century

The team had earlier discovered another old Hindu temple that belonged to the Pala Dynasty in Bengal

Prof Dipak Ranjan Das, former professor at the University of Calcutta, has reportedly said that the structure found in Bangladesh has the closest resemblance with the Siddeshwar Temple in Bankura, West Bengal

The team has reportedly documented around 1,000 archaeological sites in the Dinajpur-Joypurhat areas in Bangladesh, most of which belong to the medieval age.

The pages of history are being rewritten as archaeologists are discovering unique sites that were never to be expected to exist.

Here are some of the recent archaeological findings that you must know:

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